Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, 1912 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, 1912 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: View of Boston Harbor from roof of N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co's B'ld'g.
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Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, 1912
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In 1912 Boston Harbor was a working port of wool, fruit, and leather, with United Fruit steamers loading bananas at the city's wharves and wool merchants handling much of the country's raw fleece. The 1910 census counted about 670,000 people in Boston proper, and the harbor anchored a metropolitan area that spilled into Chelsea, Everett, and Quincy. Electric streetcars carried workers from crowded tenement districts to waterfront warehouses, while the Navy Yard at Charlestown kept naval vessels in view of the water. That April, newspapers across the city were filled with the sinking of the Titanic, and by autumn residents were following the Red Sox, who had opened Fenway Park earlier that year.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Creator | newcomb & robinson (boston, mass.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 986 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Boston Harbor from roof of N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co's B'ld'g. |
| Reference | MA Boston Harbor 1912 |
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